Sexual abuse and HIV-risk behaviour among black and minority ethnic men who have sex with men in the UK

Figures & data

Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics.

	Sexual abuse (N = 143)	No sexual abuse (N = 289)
Ethnicity
South Asian	N = 103 (72%)	N = 185 (64%)
Black	N = 13 (9%)	N = 42 (14.5%)
Latino	N = 21 (25%)	N = 45 (15.6%)
Mixed	N = 1 (0.7%)	N = 9 (3.1%)
Other	N = 5 (4%)	N = 8 (2.8%)
Sexual orientation
Gay	N = 128 (90%)	N = 245 (86.6%)
Bisexual	N = 7 (4.9%)	N = 30 (10.6%)
MSM	N = 6 (4%)	N = 5 (1.8%)
Not sure	N = 1 (0.7%)	N = 2 (0.7%)
Other	N = 0	N = 1 (0.4%)
Age group
Under 25	N = 32 (22.4%)	N = 71 (24.8%)
26–35	N = 81 (57%)	N = 140 (49%)
36–50	N = 26 (18.2%)	N = 70 (24.5%)
Over 50	N = 3 (2%)	N = 5 (1.7%)
Education level
Did not complete high school	N = 5 (3.5%)	N = 9 (3.1%)
Complete high school	N = 78 (55%)	N = 133 (46%)
University degree	N = 80 (40.2%)	N = 147 (50.9%)
HIV status
HIV negative	N = 89 (73%)	N = 184 (77.3%)
HIV positive	N = 33 (27%)	N = 54 (22.7%)

Table 2. Sexual abuse groups’ descriptives.

	Sexual abuse		No sexual abuse
	M	SD	M	SD
Frequency of drug use	1.49	.881	1.34	.775
Frequency of racism	2.77	1.11	2.32	1.13
Frequency of homophobia	2.80	1.28	2.39	1.24
Sexual risk	2.68	.859	2.62	.806
HIV knowledge score	3.75	2.09	3.96	2.11

Figure 1. Pathway analysis with sexual abuse and frequency of homophobia, racism and drug use impacting sexual risk. *p < .05; **p < .005.